HIPAA is the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The primary goal of HIPAA is to:
a) organize the healthcare industry.
b) support the implementation of meaningful use criteria.
c) protect the confidentiality of healthcare information and make it easier for people to keep health insurance
d) provide consumers access to their health records.??????
Ans: c) protect the confidentiality of healthcare information and make it easier for people to keep health insurance
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